From: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Ian Abbott <ian.abbott@mev.co.uk>,
"devel@linuxdriverproject.org" <devel@linuxdriverproject.org>,
Frank Mori Hess <fmhess@users.sourceforge.net>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
H Hartley Sweeten <hartleys@visionengravers.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: ni_labpc: fix VIRT_TO_BUS dependency
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 11:01:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51920B8E.4020101@mev.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130513212837.GB14092@kroah.com>
On 2013-05-13 22:28, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 12:02:15PM +0100, Ian Abbott wrote:
>> The "ni_labpc" module acts as a low-level comedi driver for various
>> Nattional Instruments Lab-PC ISA cards if `CONFIG_NI_LABPC_ISA` is
>> enabled, and also as a common module depended on by the "ni_labpc_cs"
>> and "ni_labpc_pci" modules. For ISA cards, it optionally supports the
>> use of an ISA DMA channel if `CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API` is enabled, using
>> conditionally compiled code. This conditionally compiled code also
>> relies on `virt_to_bus()`, which only exists if `CONFIG_VIRT_TO_BUS` is
>> enabled. Therefore, support for ISA DMA should only be compiled in if
>> both `CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API` and `CONFIG_VIRT_TO_BUS` are defined,
>> otherwise the "ni_labpc" module fails to compile on kernels that enable
>> `CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API` but not `CONFIG_VIRT_TO_BUS`.
>>
>> Conditionally define a new macro `NI_LABPC_ISA_DMA` iff both
>> `CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API` and `CONFIG_VIRT_TO_BUS` are defined, and change
>> the conditional compilation tests to use the new macro instead of
>> `CONFIG_ISA_DMA_API`.
>>
>> Also, in the "Kconfig", remove the `VIRT_TO_BUS` dependency from the
>> `COMEDI_NI_LABPC_ISA` option since the dependency is now checked at
>> compile time.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
>> ---
>> drivers/staging/comedi/Kconfig | 1 -
>> drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/ni_labpc.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
>> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> Ick, no, I'll take Hartley's patch he sent a week or so ago that fixes
> this properly for all architectures.
Okay, I completely forgot about that patch! I think the Kconfig part of
my patch is still valid though, so I'll repost that part.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-14 10:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-12 22:00 [PATCH] staging/comedi: Add VIRT_TO_BUS dependency to 'fix' build failure Peter Huewe
2013-05-13 9:45 ` Ian Abbott
2013-05-13 11:02 ` [PATCH] staging: comedi: ni_labpc: fix VIRT_TO_BUS dependency Ian Abbott
2013-05-13 21:28 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-05-14 10:01 ` Ian Abbott [this message]
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